Google reviews

In the Ads professional services department the work can be downright uninspiring. There are plenty of segments like this within Google which offer nothing special from any other company in the industry. For instance, if you don't work in something hot like Deepmind, Hardware or, say, Maps, you may find it very difficult to get excited about the work. There is no shortage of over-qualified people sitting in positions which under-utilise their skills. The company purports to be data-driven, but compared to say Amazon -- in the Ads professional services department -- it is not.

Google has become a bit overly politicized. Communication over internal messaging often carries a disrespectful tone. People pass this off as openness and transparency, but this stuff could be communicated much more professionally. Blunt is ok, rude is not. All that said, the culture issues are macro-level - within teams people are almost always respectful of each other. Quite a good environment.